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Clive Exton's new comedy, BARKING IN ESSEX, starring Lee Evans and Sheila Hancock, will premiere at Wyndham's Theatre on Monday 16 September 2013, following previews beginning tonight 6 September.

Nashville, Tennessee is known for its many nightclubs where music lovers can catch up-and-coming performers almost any night of the week, and Hard Rock Cafe did not disappoint on December 19th. Check out photos from the event inside!

Los Angeles theater locals Corey Rieger, Andrew Simpson, David Pesta and Orson Ossman are the stars of the new independent sci-fi feature THE PHOENIX PROJECT. THE PHOENIX PROJECT is a psychological sci-fi drama; a story that explores the motivations and ethical boundaries of the human mind.

F.U.D.G.E. Theatre Company will present AS BEES IN HONEY DROWN, Douglas Carter Beane's Award-winning Comedy about Deception, Fraud, Embezzlement, Sexual Politics, Elusive Fame, Amoral Women, Sitting-Duck Men & Revenge. The show will run January 25th - January 27th at The Factory Theatre, located at 791 Tremont Street, Boston, MA (between Camden & Northampton Streets).

GQ.com reports in an interview with famed movie producer and screenwriter, Judd Apatow that has his first play in the works, which may head to Broadway in the future. Judd spoke of his greatest idea yet, which might be funny, but 'might stop being funny.'

Another event, another packed house! DO40 presented its fourth annual Legacy Awards at their Holiday Dinner, this year again at the over-the-top LIPS restaurant in NYC. Honorees Norma Doggett-Bezwick, Larry Fuller, Carol Lawrence, George Marcy and Lee Roy Reams felt the warmth waft up to the dais. Check out photos from the awards inside!

The Vagabond Players begins the New Year with a fearsome rendition of Agatha Christie's THE MOUSETRAP, opening January 4th and running through February 3rd. Directed by Eric C. Stein, the world's longest running show, 60 years, comes to America's Oldest Continuous Little Theatre in its 97th season. Check out photos from the production inside!

Beef & Boards Dinner Theatre opens its 2013 season a few days early with the famous killer comedy, ARSENIC & OLD LACE! The classic comedy kicks off the theatre's year-long 40th Anniversary celebration, and is on stage December 28th through February 3rd.

1963 was a busy year for Barbra Streisand. She released her debut album to the world, Barbra Joan Streisand, and was readying the classic movie-musical Funny Girl. Yet, that year she joined another well known performer, Judy Garland, to perform two songs on her variety show, The Judy Garland Show, and to introduce the world to the seamless melding of Get Happy and Happy Days Are Here Again, a duet with Judy Garland. Of the epic performance, Vanity Fair reports Barbra elucidating Garland's feelings during the song.

Little Grey Cells in association with Mercury Theatre Colchester present TU I TERAZ (HERE & NOW). TU I TERAZ, written by Nicola Werenowska and directed by Sam Potter will run at the Hampstead Theatre Downstairs from 18 December to 19 January, with press night on 20 December.

The Great American Songbook High School Vocal Academy & Competition is a celebration of the Golden Age of American Popular music. This program is the only high school vocal competition in the U.S. dedicated solely to the music from Broadway, Hollywood musicals and the Tin Pan Alley era of the early to mid-twentieth century. Check out photos from the competition below!

Registration has begun for Howard County Arts Council's (HCAC) winter educational programs at the Howard County Center for the Arts in Ellicott City. HCAC offers classes and workshops for ages five to adult. Winter arts programs, open to the public, begin January 28. Classes range in duration from six to eight weeks.

New York Theatre Ballet's (NYTB) 2012-2013 season will debut an all-new ballet, BARK! IN THE PARK with choreography by Chase Brock of Broadway's hit SPIDER-MAN: TURN OFF THE DARK, and story and music by Karen LeFrak. This production will join The Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Goose! and Peter & the Wolf in its series of perfect 1-hour ballets for kids and families.

The creative vision of Philip K. Dick lived on as the borough became the setting of a myriad of films inspired by one of the genre's most celebrated contributors at The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival in Brooklyn from December 7-9, 2012. Check out photos from The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival inside!

On Saturday February 9th, indie band Sky-Pony will present LOVE FOR SALE: a boudoir-themed concert experience in honor of Valentine's Day, featuring songs about sex, love and everything in between. Sky-Pony is known for shows that blur the line between rock concert, party, and theater event. This is their latest confection!

The 17th annual ASCAP Foundation Awards Event took place at Jazz at Lincoln Center last week. Among the musical theater-related awards presented was the Mary Rodgers-Lorenz Hart Award to lyricist Marcy Heisler and the Richard Rodgers New Horizons Award to the composer-lyricist team of Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner. Check out photos of highlights from the award events inside!

Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co. presents a gritty re-imagining of Tennessee Williams' haunting, semi-autobiographical masterpiece THE GLASS MENAGERIE. The original memory play was the legendary playwright's first major success and is considered one of the great American plays of all time. Check out pictures from the production inside!

Kelrik is pleased to announce their new INSPIRE 2013 Season. Now in its eighth year in San Luis Obispo, Kelrik is raising the bar for itself with INSPIRE by producing more shows than ever before in a single season.

The 2013 Season is the year that Broadway and Hollywood meet at The Way Off Broadway Dinner Theatre. For its 19th Anniversary Season, the theatre has a line-up of shows that were hits both on the silver screen and on the Broadway stage. The first of these blockbuster shows, which will open the theatre's new season, is STEEL MAGNOLIAS, one of the most funny and heartwarming plays ever to appear on the stage.

With rehearsals underway this week, Houston Grand Opera welcomes Lara Teeter to the role of Cap'n Andy in the new production of SHOW BOAT opening January 18. Teeter takes on the role after Tommy Tune stepped down because he is on vocal rest.